To Build a Fire

to build a fire

How does the narrators point of view develop the short story’s tone?

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The narrator is objective about the man, neither praising or condemning him. The narrator merely comments on how the man reacts to his environment. The narrator does suggest the man's tragic flaw: his hubris in thinking he might outsmart nature.

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